A WINDSCREEN WIPER DEVICE

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a windscreen wiper device, particularly for automobiles, comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade is of the flat blade type and includes at least one groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, wherein said windscreen wiper device further comprises a connecting device for detachably connecting said wiper blade to an oscillating arm near one end thereof around a pivot axis, and wherein said wiper blade comprises a spoiler at a side thereof facing away from a windscreen to be wiped.

[0002] In use said oscillating arm is connected to a mounting head for transferring a reciprocal movement to said windscreen wiper device.

[0003] Such a windscreen wiper device is generally known. This prior art is designed as a so-called "flat blade" or "yokeless blade", wherein no use is made of several yokes pivotally connected to each other, but wherein the wiper blade is Massed by the carrier element, as a result of which it exhibits a specific curvature. In practice said wiper blade often comprises a spoiler at a side thereof facing away from the windscreen to be wiped. The spoiler is also called an "air deflector".

[0004] The object of the invention is to provide an improved windscreen wiper device.

[0005] In order to accomplish that objective, a windscreen wiper device of the type referred to in the introduction provides according to the invention said connecting device, which comprises connecting parts formed as separate constructional elements, wherein said spoiler is sandwiched between said connecting parts when they are connected to each other, thereby allowing said connecting parts to engage said spoiler on opposite sides thereof in order to block any lateral movement between said longitudinal strip and said wiper blade at the location of their interconnection and between said connecting device and said wiper blade at the location of their interconnection, said windscreen wiper device being characterized in that said connecting parts and said spoiler are provided with co-axial transverse through holes at the location of their interconnection, wherein said connecting parts and said spoiler are connected together by means of a pin extending through said through holes. In use, during each oscillatory movement of said oscillatory arm, said wiper blade at the location outside said connection device would normally suffer from the so-called "fishtailing phenomenon", wherein said wiper blade on opposite sides of said connecting device vibrates in an uncontrollable manner parallel to a windscreen to be wiped. Obviously, this fishtailing phenomenon" results in deteriorated wiping properties, with all negative consequences involved, particularly at high speeds. According to the invention said connecting parts are clamped onto the flexible material of the wiper blade, wherein a controlled and predetermined pressure is applied by said connecting parts onto said spoiler sandwiched between them. Experimental results have shown that the "fishtailing phenomenon" is avoided at least to a large extend, so that the wiping properties are improved. Said pin is preferably a screw, so that the connecting parts are screwed together.

[0006] French patent publication no. 2 847 869 (Bosch) discloses a windscreen wiper device according to the preamble of claim 1.

[0007] It is noted that the present invention is not restricted to the use of only one longitudinal strip forming the elastic carrier element that is particularly located in a central longitudinal groove of the wiper blade. Instead, said carrier element may also comprise two longitudinal strips, wherein said strips are disposed in opposite longitudinal grooves of the wiper blade. Further, the present invention is not restricted to automobiles, but also refers to other fast vehicles, such as trains and the like.

[0008] In a preferred embodiment of a windscreen wiper device in accordance with the invention said connecting parts are not mirror symmetrical with respect to a middle longitudinal plane of said connecting device, said in mounted position plane extending perpendicular to a windscreen to be wiped. In other words, said asymmetric connecting parts follow an asymmetric shape of the spoiler, wherein the one connecting part (in use) facing away from a bonnet or hood of an automobile has a width corresponding to a longitudinal air deflecting side of the spoiler (in use) facing away from said bonnet, and wherein the other connecting part (in use) facing towards said bonnet has a width corresponding to a longitudinal non-air deflecting side of the spoiler facing towards said bonnet. Hence, a controlled and predetermined pressure can be applied by said connecting parts onto said spoiler sandwiched between them.

[0009] In another preferred embodiment of a windscreen wiper device in accordance with the invention said connecting parts are provided with inwardly extending protrusions comprising said through holes, wherein a protrusion of the one connecting part extends inside a protrusion of the other connecting part. Said protrusions thus function as guiding elements for correctly positioning said connecting parts relative to one another in order to interconnect them.

[0010] In another preferred embodiment of a windscreen wiper device according to the invention the connecting parts comprise legs having inwardly bent edges at their outer ends, said legs being connected to the flexible material of said wiper blade on opposite sides thereof, wherein said legs are provided with two pairs of opposite protrusions near the outer ends of said connecting device, and wherein said protrusions extend laterally inwardly for exerting only a transverse force on the flexible material of said wiper blade, thereby locally squeezing said flexible material onto said longitudinal strip, in order to block any lateral movement between said longitudinal strip and said wiper blade at the location of their interconnection. Particularly, the ratio (L'/L) between the width L' of said flexible material at the location of said protrusions and the width L of said flexible material at the location outside said protrusions varies between 30% and 1 %.

[0011] According to the invention said protrusions extend laterally inwardly only from a vertical part of each leg for exerting only a transverse force on the flexible material of said wiper blade, thereby allowing said longitudinal strip to exhibit a curvature at the location of the interconnection of said connecting device and said wiper blade. Experimental results have shown that the "fishtailing phenomenon" is further avoided at least to a large extend, so that the wiping properties are improved. Preferably, said protrusions have a round cross-section.

[0012] In another preferred embodiment of a windscreen wiper device in accordance with the invention said oscillating arm is provided with an extension comprising a pivot pin being able to pivot around said pivot axis, as well as a L-shaped shoulder acting as securing means for securing said connecting device on the pivot pin, wherein said L-shaped shoulder projects out in the direction of said pivot pin and across said wiper blade and at the free end of which is disposed a leg facing said windscreen to be wiped, and wherein said connecting device comprises a transverse through hole for receiving said pivot pin. Accordingly, the wiper blade may then be connected to the oscillating arm on the basis of a so-called "sidelock system'7. The oscillating arm is provided with said pivot pin or joint pin to be inserted in said co-axial through holes. Said pivot pin protrudes in a direction towards the wiper blade and has a pivot axis extending in a direction of the oscillating movement of the oscillating arm.

[0013] In another preferred embodiment of a windscreen wiper device according to the invention said connecting device is detachably connected to said oscillating arm with the interposition of a joint part, and wherein said joint part is detachably connected to said connecting device by engaging protrusions of said connecting device, at the location of said pivot axis, in recesses provided in said joint part. The protrusions preferably extend outwards on either side of said connecting device, whereas said joint part preferably comprises at least one resilient tongue engaging in a correspondingly shaped hole provided in a base of a U-shaped cross-section of said oscillating arm, and wherein said resilient tongue is rotatable along a hinge axis between an outward position .retaining said wiper blade onto said oscillating arm and an inward position releasing said wiper blade from said oscillating arm. Accordingly, the wiper blade may then be connected to the oscillating arm on the basis of a so-called "toplock system" on the basis of a bayonet connection. In order to connect the wiper blade onto the oscillating arm, the resilient tongue is initially pushed in against a spring force - as if it were a push button - and then allowed to spring back into the hole provided in the oscillating arm, thus snapping, that is clipping the resilient tongue into the hole. By subsequently pushing in again the resilient tongue against the spring force, the wiper blade may be released from the oscillating arm.

[0014] A windscreen wiper device according to the invention is to be connected to the oscillating arm which in turn is connected to a mounting head fixed for rotation to a shaft, wherein said shaft is rotatable alternately in a clockwise and in a counter-clockwise sense carrying said mounting head into rotation. Said oscillating arm is connected to said mounting head fixed for rotation to said shaft driven by a small motor. In use, the shaft rotates alternately in a clockwise and in a counter-clockwise sense carrying the mounting head into rotation also, which in turn draws said oscillating arm into rotation and by means of said connecting device moves said wiper blade. Further, a windscreen wiper device in accordance with the invention comprises a connecting piece positioned on both ends of said wiper blade and connected to an end of said longitudinal strip.

[0015] The invention will now be explained more in detail with reference to figures illustrated in a drawing, wherein

• figure 1 is a perspective, schematic view of a preferred embodiment of a windscreen wiper device according to the invention, with and without (a part of) an oscillating arm, respectively;
• figure 2 is an exploded view and an assembled view of a wiper blade and a connecting device, as used in a windscreen wiper device of figure 1;
• figures 3 and 4 are a perspective view of two connecting parts of the connecting device of figure 2; and
• figures 5 and 6 are details of a windscreen wiper device according to the invention showing a connection between the connecting device and the oscillating arm according to a first embodiment ("Bayonet connection") and to a second embodiment ("Sidelock connection"), respectively.

[0016] Figure 1 shows a preferred variant of a windscreen wiper device 1 according to the invention. Said windscreen wiper device is built up of an elastomeric (rubber) wiper blade 2 of the flat blade type comprising a central longitudinal groove 3, wherein a longitudinal strip 4 made of spring band steel is fitted in said longitudinal groove 3. Said strip 4 forms a flexible carrier element for the rubber wiper blade 2, as it were, which is thus biassed in a curved position (the curvature in operative position being that of a windscreen to be wiped). An end of said strip 4 and/or an end of said wiper blade 2 is connected on either side of the windscreen wiper device 1 to respective connecting pieces or "end caps" (5). The connecting pieces may be separate constructional elements, which may be form-locked as well as force-locked to both ends of said strip 4 and/or ends of said wiper blade 2. In another preferred variant, said connecting pieces may be in one piece with the strip 4 made of spring band steel. The windscreen wiper device 1 is furthermore built up of a connecting device 6 of metal for connecting an oscillating wiper arm 7 thereto, with the interposition of a joint part 8 (see figure 5). The oscillating wiper arm 7 is pivotally connected to the connecting device 6 about a pivot axis near one end. The preferred embodiment of figure 1 according to the invention comprises a spoiler or "air deflector" 9 which is made in one piece with the rubber wiper blade 2 and which extends along the entire length thereof.

[0017] Although not shown in figure 1, but fully understood by a skilled person, said oscillating arm 7 is connected to a mounting head fixed for rotation to a shaft driven by a small motor. In use, the shaft rotates alternately in a clockwise and in a counter-clockwise sense carrying the mounting head into rotation also, which in turn draws said oscillating arm 7 into rotation and by means of said connecting device 6 moves said wiper blade 2.

[0018] As shown in figures 2, 3 and 4 said connecting device 6 comprises two connecting parts 10,11 formed as single constructional elements. When said connecting parts 10,11 are connected to each other, said spoiler 9 is sandwiched between said connecting parts 10,11 in the sense that said connecting parts 10,11 engage said spoiler 9 on opposite sides thereof. Said connecting parts 10,11 and said spoiler 9 are each provided with three co-axial transverse through holes 12,13,14 at the location of their interconnection, so that said connecting parts 10,11 and said spoiler 9 can be interconnected by means of three screws 15 having external screw thread and extending through said through holes 12,13,14. The through holes 14 of the connecting part 11 are provided with internal screw thread for that purpose. As shown in figures 2 and 3, said connecting parts 10,11 are not mirror symmetrical with respect to a middle longitudinal plane of said connecting device 6, said plane extending perpendicular to a windscreen to be wiped. In assembled position, that is when the screws 15 are tightened, the connecting parts 10,11 exert a controllable, predetermined pressure on the spoiler 9. Thus, any lateral movement between said longitudinal strip and said wiper blade at the location of their interconnection and between said connecting device and said wiper blade at the location of their interconnection is blocked.

[0019] In use, during each oscillatory movement of said oscillatory arm 7, said wiper blade 2 at the location outside said connection device 6 would normally suffer from the so-called "fishtailing phenomenon", wherein said wiper blade 2 on opposite sides of said connecting device 6 vibrates in an uncontrollable manner parallel to a windscreen to be wiped. Obviously, this "fishtailing phenomenon" results in deteriorated wiping properties, with all negative consequences involved, particularly at high speeds. Hence, said longitudinal strip 4 is allowed to exhibit a curvature at the location of the interconnection of said connecting device 6 and said wiper blade 2. Experimental results have shown that the "fishtailing phenomenon" is now avoided according to the invention at least to a large extend.

[0020] With reference to figures 3 and 4, said connecting parts 10,11 are provided with inwardly extending protrusions 16,17 comprising said through holes 12,14, wherein a protrusion 16 of the one connecting part 10 extends inside a protrusion 17 of the other connecting part 11 for guiding both connecting parts 10,11 into assembled position. Each connecting part 10,11 has legs 18 having a C-shaped cross-section, i.e. with inwardly bent edges 19 at their outer ends. In assembled position said legs 18 clamp around the wiper blade 2, so that the longitudinal strip 4 of the carrier element is situated in said C-shape. Said legs 14 are each provided, on a respective vertical part 20 thereof, with two pairs of opposite protrusions 21,22 near the outer ends of said connecting parts 10,11. Said protrusions 21,22 extend laterally inwardly for exerting only a transverse force on the rubber of said wiper blade 2, thereby locally squeezing said rubber onto said longitudinal strip 4. Accordingly, any lateral movement of said longitudinal strip 4 at the location of the interconnection of said connecting device 6 and said wiper blade 2 is blocked. The protrusions 21,22 have the additional function to further limit the "fishtailing phenomenon".

[0021] As can be seen in figures 1 and 5, the joint part 8 comprises a resilient tongue 23 extending outwardly, while the oscillating arm 7 has an U-shaped cross-section at the location of its connection to said joint part 8, so that the tongue 23 engages in an identically shaped hole 24 provided in a base of said U-shaped cross-section. The connecting device 6 with the wiper blade 2 is mounted onto the oscillating arm 7 as follows. The joint part 8 being already clipped onto the connecting device 6 is pivoted relative to the connecting device 6, so that said joint part 8 can be easily slided on a free end of the oscillating arm 7. During this sliding movement the resilient tongue 23 is initially pushed in against a spring force and then allowed to spring back into said hole 24, thus snapping, that is clipping the resilient tongue 23 into the hole 24. This is a so-called bayonet-connection. The oscillating arm 7 together with the joint part 8 may then be pivoted back in a position parallel to the wiper blade 2 in order to be ready for use. By subsequently pushing in again said resilient tongue 23 against the spring force (as if it were a push button), the connecting device 6 and the joint part 8 together with the wiper blade 2 may be released from the oscillating arm 7. Dismounting the connecting device 6 with the wiper blade 2 from the oscillating arm 7 is thus realized by sliding the connecting device 6 and the joint part 8 together with the wiper blade 2 in a direction away from the oscillating arm 7.

[0022] In the alternative as can be seen in figure 6, in a so-called "side-lock system", said oscillating arm 7 is provided with an extension comprising a pivot pin 25 being able to pivot around a pivot axis, as well as a L-shaped shoulder 26 acting as securing means for securing said connecting device 6 on the pivot pin 25. Said L-shaped shoulder 26 projects out in the direction of said pivot pin 25 and across said wiper blade 2 and at the free end of which is disposed a leg 27 facing said windscreen to be wiped. Said connecting device 6 comprises a joint part 8 with a transverse through hole 28 (see figures 2 and 3) for receiving said pivot pin 25.

[0023] The invention is not restricted to the variants shown in the drawing, but it also extends to other preferred embodiments that fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A windscreen wiper device (1), particularly for automobiles, comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade (2) of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade (2) is of the flat blade type and includes at least one groove (3), in which groove (3) a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, wherein said windscreen wiper device (1) further comprises a connecting device (6) for detachably connecting said wiper blade (2) to an oscillating arm (7) near one end thereof around a pivot axis, and wherein said wiper blade (2) comprises a spoiler (9) at a side thereof facing away from a windscreen to be wiped, wherein said connecting device (6) comprises connecting parts formed as separate constructional elements, wherein said spoiler (9) is sandwiched between said connecting parts (10,11) when they are connected to each other, thereby allowing said connecting parts (10,11) to engage said spoiler (9) on opposite sides thereof in order to block any lateral movement between said longitudinal strip (4) and said wiper blade (2) at the location of their interconnection and between said connecting device (6) and said wiper blade (2) at the location of their interconnection, characterized in that, said connecting parts (10,11) and said spoiler (9) are provided with co-axial transverse through holes 12,13,14) at the location of their interconnection, wherein said connecting parts (10,11) and said spoiler (9) are connected together by means of a pin extending through said through holes (12,13,14).

2. A windscreen wiper device (1) according to claim 1, wherein said connecting parts (10,11)are not mirror symmetrical with respect to a middle longitudinal plane of said connecting device (6), in mounted position of said windscreen wiper device (1) said plane extending perpendicular to a windscreen to be wiped.

3. A windscreen wiper device (1) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said pin is a screw (15).

4. A windscreen wiper device (1) according to claims 1, 2 or 3, wherein said connecting parts (10,11) are provided with inwardly extending protrusions (16,17) comprising said through holes (12,14), wherein a protrusion (16) of the one connecting part (10) extends inside a protrusion (17) of the other connecting part (11).

5. A windscreen wiper device (1) according to any of the preceding claims 1 through 4, wherein the connecting parts (10,11) comprise legs (18) having inwardly bent edges (19) at their outer ends, said legs (18) being connected to the flexible material of said wiper blade (2) on opposite sides thereof, wherein said legs (18) are provided with two pairs of opposite protrusions (21,22) near the outer ends of said connecting device (6), and wherein said protrusions (21,22) extend laterally inwardly for exerting only a transverse force on the flexible material of said wiper blade (2), thereby locally squeezing said flexible material onto said longitudinal strip (4), in order to block any lateral movement between said longitudinal strip (4) and said wiper blade (2) at the location of their interconnection.

6. A windscreen wiper device (1) according to claim 5, wherein the ratio (L'/L) between the width L' of said flexible material at the location of said protrusions (21,22) and the width L of said flexible material at the location outside said protrusions (21,22) varies between 30% and 1%.

7. A windscreen wiper device (1) according to any of the preceding claims 1 through 6, wherein said oscillating arm (7) is provided with an extension comprising a pivot pin (25) being able to pivot around said pivot axis, as well as a L-shaped shoulder (26) acting as securing means for securing said connecting device (6) on the pivot pin (25), wherein said L-shaped shoulder (26) projects out in the direction of said pivot pin (25) and across said wiper blade (2) and at the free end of which is disposed a leg (27) facing said windscreen to be wiped, and wherein said connecting device (6) comprises a transverse through hole (28) for receiving said pivot pin (25).

8. A windscreen wiper device (1) according to any of the preceding claims 1 through 6, wherein said connecting device (6) is detachably connected to said oscillating arm (7) with the interposition of a joint part (8), and wherein said joint part (8) is detachably connected to said connecting device (6) by engaging protrusions of said connecting device (6), at the location of said pivot axis, in recesses provided in said joint part (8).

9. A windscreen wiper device (1) according to claim 8, wherein the protrusions extend outwards on either side of said connecting device (6).

10. A windscreen wiper device (1) according to claim 8 or 9, wherein said joint part (8) comprises at least one resilient tongue (23) engaging in a correspondingly shaped hole (24) provided in a base of a U-shaped cross-section of said oscillating arm (7), and wherein said resilient tongue (23) is rotatable along a hinge axis between an outward position retaining said wiper blade (2) onto said oscillating arm (7) and an inward position releasing said wiper blade (2) from said oscillating arm (7).

11. A windscreen wiper device (1) according to any of the preceding claims 1 through 10, wherein said mounting head is fixed for rotation to a shaft, and wherein said shaft is rotatable alternately in a clockwise and in a counter-clockwise sense carrying said mounting head into rotation.

12. A windscreen wiper device (1) according to any of the preceding claims 1 through 11, wherein said windscreen wiper device (1) further comprises a connecting piece (5) positioned on both ends of said wiper blade (2) and connected to an end of said longitudinal strip (4).

Ansprüche

1. Scheibenwischervorrichtung (1), insbesondere für Automobile, umfassend ein elastisches, längliches Trägerelement sowie ein längliches Wischerblatt (2) aus flexiblem Material, das anliegend an eine zu wischende Scheibe platziert werden kann, wobei das Wischerblatt (2) vom Flachblatttyp ist und mindestens eine Rille (3) einschließt, wobei in der Rille (3) ein länglicher Streifen des Trägerelements angeordnet ist, wobei die Scheibenwischervorrichtung (1) weiter eine Verbindungsvorrichtung (6) zum lösbaren Verbinden des Wischerblatts (2) mit einem sich hin- und herbewegenden Arm (7) nahe an einem seiner Enden um eine Schwenkachse herum umfasst, und wobei das Wischerblatt (2) an einer seiner Seiten, die von einer zu wischenden Scheibe weg weist, einen Spoiler (9) umfasst, wobei die Verbindungsvorrichtung (6) Verbindungsteile umfasst, die als gesonderte Bauelemente ausgebildet sind, wobei der Spoiler (9) zwischen den Verbindungsteilen (10, 11) liegt, wenn diese miteinander verbunden sind, wodurch ermöglicht wird, dass die Verbindungsteile (10, 11) den Spoiler (9) an seinen entgegengesetzten Seiten greifen, um jede seitliche Bewegung zwischen dem länglichen Streifen (4) und dem Wischerblatt (2) am Ort ihrer Verbindung und zwischen der Verbindungsvorrichtung (6) und dem Wischerblatt (2) am Ort ihrer Verbindung zu blockieren,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Verbindungsteile (10, 11) und der Spoiler (9) mit koaxialen quer verlaufenden Durchgangslöchern (12, 13, 14) am Ort ihrer Verbindung versehen sind, wobei die Verbindungsteile (10, 11) und der Spoiler (9) miteinander mittels eines Stifts verbunden sind, der sich durch die Löcher (12, 13, 14) erstreckt.

2. Scheibenwischervorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Verbindungsteile (10, 11) nicht spiegelsymmetrisch in Bezug auf eine mittlere Längsebene der Verbindungsvorrichtung (6) sind, wobei in Montageposition der Scheibenwischervorrichtung (1) sich die Ebene senkrecht zu einer zu wischenden Scheibe erstreckt.

3. Scheibenwischervorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei der Stift eine Schraube (15) ist.

4. Scheibenwischervorrichtung (1) nach einem der Ansprüche 1, 2 oder 3, wobei die Verbindungsteile (10, 11) mit sich nach innen erstreckenden Vorsprüngen (16, 17) versehen sind, welche die Durchgangslöcher (12, 14) umfassen, wobei ein Vorsprung (16) des einen Verbindungsteils (10) sich in einen Vorsprung (17) des anderen Verbindungsteils (11) hinein erstreckt.

5. Scheibenwischervorrichtung (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche 1 bis 4, wobei die Verbindungsteile (10, 11) Schenkel (18) umfassen, die an ihren äußeren Enden nach innen gebogene Kanten (19) aufweisen, wobei die Schenkel (18) mit dem flexiblen Material des Wischerblatts (2) an entgegengesetzten Seiten dessen verbunden sind, wobei die Schenkel (18) mit zwei Paaren gegenüberliegender Vorsprünge (21, 22) nahe den äußeren Enden der Verbindungsvorrichtung (6) versehen sind, und wobei die Vorsprünge (21, 22) sich seitlich nach innen erstrecken, so dass sie nur eine quer verlaufende Kraft auf das flexible Material des Wischerblatts (2) ausüben, so dass das flexible Material lokal auf den Längsstreifen (4) gedrückt wird, um jede seitliche Bewegung zwischen dem Längsstreifen (4) und dem Wischerblatt (2) am Ort ihrer Verbindung zu blockieren.

6. Scheibenwischervorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 5, wobei das Verhältnis (L'/L) zwischen der Breite L' des flexiblen Materials am Ort der Vorsprünge (21, 22) und der Breite L des flexiblen Materials an Orten außerhalb der Vorsprünge (21, 22) zwischen 30% und 1% variiert.

7. Scheibenwischervorrichtung (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche 1 bis 6, wobei der sich hin- und herbewegende Arm (7) mit einer Verlängerung versehen ist, die einen Drehzapfen (25) umfasst, der in der Lage ist, um die Schwenkachse zu drehen, sowie eine L-förmige Schulter (26), die als Sicherungsmittel zum Sichern der Verbindungsvorrichtung (6) an dem Drehzapfen (25) dient, wobei die L-förmige Schulter (26) in die Richtung des Drehzapfens (25) nach außen und über das Wischerblatt (2) hinaus ragt, und wobei an ihrem freien Ende ein Schenkel (27) angeordnet ist, der in Richtung der zu wischenden Scheibe weist, und wobei die Verbindungsvorrichtung (6) ein quer verlaufendes Durchgangsloch (28) zum Aufnehmen des Drehzapfens aufweist.

8. Scheibenwischervorrichtung (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche 1 bis 6, wobei die Verbindungsvorrichtung (6) lösbar mit dem sich hin- und herbewegenden Arm (7) verbunden ist mit Zwischenschaltung eines Gelenkteils (8), und wobei das Gelenkteil (8) lösbar mit der Verbindungsvorrichtung (6) verbunden ist, indem Vorsprünge der Verbindungsvorrichtung (6) am Ort des Schwenkarms in Ausnehmungen eingreifen, die in dem Gelenkteil (8) vorgesehen sind.

9. Scheibenwischervorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 8, wobei die Vorsprünge sich an jeder Seite der Verbindungsvorrichtung (6) nach außen erstrecken.

10. Scheibenwischervorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 8 oder 9, wobei das Gelenkteil (8) mindestens eine federnde Zunge (23) umfasst, die in ein entsprechend geformtes Loch (24) eingreift, das in einer Basis eines U-förmigen Querschnitts des sich hin- und herbewegenden Arms (7) vorgesehen ist, und wobei die federnde Zunge (23) drehbar entlang einer Scharnierachse ist zwischen einer äußeren Position, die das Wischerblatt (2) auf dem sich hin- und herbewegenden Arm (7) hält, und einer inneren Position, die das Wischerblatt (2) von dem sich hin- und herbewegenden Arm (7) löst.

11. Scheibenwischervorrichtung (1) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10, wobei der Befestigungskopf zur Drehung auf einem Schaft fixiert ist, und wobei der Schaft abwechselnd im Uhrzeigersinn und gegen den Uhrzeigersinn drehbar ist und so den Befestigungskopf dreht.

12. Scheibenwischervorrichtung (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche 1 bis 11, wobei die Scheibenwischervorrichtung (1) weiter ein Verbindungsstück (5) umfasst, das an beiden Enden des Wischerblatts (2) angeordnet ist und mit einem Ende des länglichen Streifens (4) verbunden ist.

Revendications

1. Dispositif d'essuie-glace (1), destiné en particulier à des automobiles, comprenant un élément porteur allongé élastique, ainsi qu'un balai d'essuie-glace allongée (2) fait d'un matériau souple, qui peut être mise en butée contre un pare-brise à essuyer, lequel balai d'essuie-glace (2) est du type à balai plat et comprend au moins une rainure (3), rainure (3) dans laquelle est disposée une bande longitudinale de l'élément porteur, dans lequel ledit dispositif d'essuie-glace (1) comprend en outre un dispositif de raccord (6) destiné à relier de manière amovible ledit balai d'essuie-glace (2) à un bras oscillant (7) à proximité d'une extrémité de celui-ci autour d'un axe de pivot, et dans lequel ledit balai d'essuie-glace (2) comprend un déflecteur (9) situé au niveau d'un côté de celui-ci qui fait face en s'éloignant d'un pare-brise à essuyer, dans lequel ledit dispositif de raccord (6) comprend des parties de raccord formées en tant qu'éléments de construction séparés, dans lequel ledit déflecteur (9) est coincé entre lesdites parties de raccord (10, 11) quand elles sont reliées l'une à l'autre, en permettant de ce fait auxdites parties de raccord (10, 11) de venir en prise avec ledit déflecteur (9) sur des côtés opposés de celui-ci de façon à empêcher tout déplacement latéral entre ladite bande longitudinale (4) et ledit balai d'essuie-glace (2) au niveau de l'emplacement de leur conjugaison et entre ledit dispositif de raccord (6) et ledit balai d'essuie-glace (2) au niveau de l'emplacement de leur conjugaison, caractérisé en ce que lesdites parties de raccord (10, 11) et ledit déflecteur (9) sont fournis de trous traversants transversaux coaxiaux (12, 13, 14) au niveau de l'emplacement de leur conjugaison, dans lequel lesdites parties de raccord (10, 11) et ledit déflecteur (9) sont reliés ensemble au moyen d'une broche qui s'étend à travers lesdits trous traversants (12, 13, 14).

2. Dispositif d'essuie-glace (1) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel lesdites parties de raccord (10, 11) ne sont pas symétriques d'une façon en miroir par rapport à un plan longitudinal médian dudit dispositif de raccord (6), dans une position montée dudit dispositif d'essuie-glace (1), ledit plan s'étendant perpendiculaire à un pare-brise à essuyer.

3. Dispositif d'essuie-glace (1) selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel ladite broche est une vis (15).

4. Dispositif d'essuie-glace (1) selon l'une des revendications 1, 2 ou 3, dans lequel lesdites parties de raccord (10, 11) sont fournies de saillies (16, 17) qui s'étendent vers l'intérieur comprenant lesdits trous (12, 14), dans lequel une saillie (16) d'une partie de raccord (10) s'étend à l'intérieur d'une saillie (17) de l'autre partie de raccord (11).

5. Dispositif d'essuie-glace (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes 1 à 4, dans lequel lesdites parties de raccord (10, 11) comprennent des jambes (18) qui présentent des bords coudés (19) vers l'intérieur au niveau de leurs extrémités extérieures, lesdites jambes (18) étant reliées au matériau souple dudit balai d'essuie-glace (2) sur les côtés opposés de celui-ci, dans lequel lesdites jambes (18) sont fournies de deux paires de saillies opposées (21, 22) à proximité des extrémités extérieures dudit dispositif de raccord (6), et dans lequel lesdites saillies (21, 22) s'étendent de manière latérale vers l'intérieur de façon à exercer seulement une force transversale sur le matériau souple dudit balai d'essuie-glace (2), en serrant de ce fait localement ledit matériau souple sur ladite bande longitudinale (4), de manière à empêcher tout déplacement latéral entre ladite bande longitudinale (4) et ledit balai d'essuie-glace (2) au niveau de l'emplacement de leur conjugaison.

6. Dispositif d'essuie-glace (1) selon la revendication 5, dans lequel le rapport (L'/L) entre la largeur L' dudit matériau souple au niveau de l'emplacement desdites saillies (21, 22) et la largeur L dudit matériau souple au niveau d'un emplacement situé en dehors desdites saillies (21, 22) varie entre 30 % et 1 %.

7. Dispositif d'essuie-glace (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes 1 à 6, dans lequel ledit bras oscillant (7) est fourni d'une extension qui comprend une broche de pivot (25) qui peut pivoter autour dudit axe de pivot, ainsi qu'un épaulement en forme de L (26) qui se comporte en tant que moyens de fixation destinés à fixer ledit dispositif de raccord (6) sur la broche de pivot (25), dans lequel ledit épaulement en forme de L (26) fait saillie vers l'extérieur dans la direction de ladite broche de pivot (25) et à travers ledit balai d'essuie-glace (2), et au niveau de l'extrémité libre à laquelle est disposée une jambe (27) qui fait face audit pare-brise à essuyer, et dans lequel ledit dispositif de raccord (6) comprend un trou traversant transversal (28) destiné à recevoir ladite broche de pivot (25).

8. Dispositif d'essuie-glace (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes 1 à 6, dans lequel ledit dispositif de raccord (6) est relié de manière amovible audit bras oscillant (7) avec l'interposition d'une partie articulation (8), et dans lequel ladite partie articulation (8) est reliée de manière amovible audit dispositif de raccord (6) en mettant en prise des saillies dudit dispositif de raccord (6), au niveau de l'emplacement dudit axe de pivot, dans des renfoncements fournis dans ladite partie articulation (8).

9. Dispositif d'essuie-glace (1) selon la revendication 8, dans lequel les saillies s'étendent vers l'extérieur de chaque côté dudit dispositif de raccord (6).

10. Dispositif d'essuie-glace (1) selon la revendication 8 ou 9, dans lequel ladite partie articulation (8) comprend au moins une langue élastique (23) qui vient en prise dans un trou de forme correspondante (24) fourni dans une base d'une section transversale en forme de U dudit bras oscillant (7), et dans lequel ladite langue élastique (23) peut tourner le long d'un axe de charnière entre une position vers l'extérieur qui retient ledit balai d'essuie-glace (2) sur ledit bras oscillant (7) et une position vers l'intérieur qui libère ledit balai d'essuie-glace (2) dudit bras oscillant (7).

11. Dispositif d'essuie-glace (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes 1 à 10, dans lequel ladite tête de montage est fixée sur un arbre pour tourner, et dans lequel ledit arbre peut tourner de manière alternée dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre et dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d'une montre en entraînant ladite tête de montage en rotation.

12. Dispositif d'essuie-glace (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes 1 à 11, dans lequel ledit dispositif d'essuie-glace (1) comprend en outre une pièce de raccord (5) positionnée sur les deux extrémités dudit balai d'essuie-glace (2) et reliée à une extrémité de ladite bande longitudinale (4).

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